--- title: On hearing the tidings brought by Taric el Tuerto, and beholding the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: On hearing the tidings brought by Taric el Tuerto, and beholding the spoil he had collected, Muza wrote a letter to the Caliph Waled Almanzor, setting forth the traitorous proffer of Count Julian, and the probability, through his means, of making a successful invasion of Spain. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muza, el, letter), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:11:1 # text = On hearing the tidings brought by Taric el Tuerto, and beholding the spoil he had collected, Muza wrote a letter to the Caliph Waled Almanzor, setting forth the traitorous proffer of Count Julian, and the probability, through his means, of making a successful invasion of Spain. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 el El PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl:agent _ _ 9 Tuerto Tuerto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 beholding behold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 Waled wale VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 27 Almanzor Almanzor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 30 forth forth ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 traitorous traitorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 proffer proffer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 probability probability NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 of of SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 successful successful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 invasion invasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | Muza *not said here* | the tidings | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tiding=Stimulus | | 2 | **bring** | participle | | the tidings *not said here* | | | | Taric el *obl:agent* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **behold** | gerund | Muza *not said here* | the spoil | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spoil=Stimulus | | 4 | **collect** | past · perfect | el | the spoil *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 5 | **write** | past | Muza | the probability | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **wale** | past | a letter to the Caliph | Almanzor | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **set** | gerund | a letter to the Caliph *not said here* | the traitorous proffer of Count Julian | | | | forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient proffer=Result | | 8 | **mean** | present | | | | | | letter *nmod:poss* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **make** | gerund | | a successful invasion of Spain | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset invasion=Product | | 10 | **proffer** | | | Count Julian | | | | | nom proffer «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **invade** | | | Spain | | | | | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [Chapter IX., 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/37/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/2/) - ↑ back to [Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/)